Snap Inc. patent applications on April 3rd, 2025

Patent Applications by Snap Inc. on April 3rd, 2025

Snap Inc.: 9 patent applications

Snap Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of G06T19/00 (2), H04W4/029 (2), G06T11/60 (2), G06F3/01 (2), G06T5/50 (1) G01C21/3632 (1), G01C25/00 (1), G02B27/0093 (1), G06F3/017 (1), G06F3/04817 (1)

With keywords such as: device, based, image, within, representation, proximity, data, map, user, and tiles in patent application abstracts.

Patent Applications by Snap Inc.

20250109959. AUGMENTED REALITY GUIDANCE INTERFACE_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Piers George Cowburn of London GB for snap inc., David Li of London GB for snap inc., Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik of London GB for snap inc., Qi Pan of London GB for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G01C21/36, G06T19/00, G06V30/413, H04W4/021, H04W4/029

CPC Code(s): G01C21/3632

Abstract: example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an ar guidance system to perform operations that include: detecting a client device at a location within a geo-fenced area, wherein the geo-fenced area may include within it, a destination of interest; determining a route to the destination of interest from the location of the client device within the geo-fenced area; causing display of a presentation of an environment within an ar interface at the client device; detecting a display of real-world signage within the presentation of the environment; generating a media item in response to the detecting the display of the signage within the presentation of the environment, wherein the media item is based on the route to the destination of interest; and causing display of the media item within the ar interface based on the position of the signage within the presentation of the environment.

20250109966. FIELD CALIBRATION OF AN AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Clemens Birklbauer of Vienna AT for snap inc., Georg Halmetschlager-Funek of Vienna AT for snap inc., Matthias Kalkgruber of Vienna AT for snap inc., Tiago Miguel Pereira Torres of Vienna AT for snap inc., Simon Schreiberhuber of Vienna AT for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G01C25/00, G01C21/00, G01C21/16, G06T19/00

CPC Code(s): G01C25/00

Abstract: a method for recalibrating an augmented reality (ar) device includes generating and storing a ground truth map of a real-world environment when the ar device is operating with a high likelihood of having an accurate factory calibration. during operation of the ar device, new map data is generated for the real-world environment. the new map data is compared to the ground truth map to detect potential calibration errors. if calibration errors are detected, a recalibration procedure is executed by determining an optimal path through the real-world environment that allows for observing parameters requiring recalibration. visual cues are generated to guide a user of the ar device through the optimal path. as the user follows the visual cues, calibration parameters are iteratively adjusted to eliminate detected calibration errors. the recalibration procedure may be presented as an interactive game to improve user engagement, with rewards provided for accurately following guidance.

20250110333. AUGMENTED REALITY GAMING USING VIRTUAL EYEWEAR BEAMS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Ilteris Canberk of Marina Del Rey CA US for snap inc., Jacob Knipfing of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G02B27/00, G02B27/01, G06F3/01

CPC Code(s): G02B27/0093

Abstract: interactive augmented reality experiences with an eyewear device including a virtual eyewear beam. the user can direct the virtual beam by orienting the eyewear device or the user's eye gaze or both. the eyewear device may detect the direction of an opponent's eyewear device or eye gaze of both. the eyewear device may calculate a score based on hits of the virtual beam of the user and the opponent on respective target areas such as the other player's head or face.

20250110573. LOW-POWER HAND-TRACKING SYSTEM FOR WEARABLE DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Alex Feinman of San Mateo CA US for snap inc., Ashwani Arya of Cypress CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G01S13/08

CPC Code(s): G06F3/017

Abstract: a method for a low-power hand-tracking system is described. in one aspect, a method includes polling a proximity sensor of a wearable device to detect a proximity event, the wearable device includes a low-power processor and a high-power processor, in response to detecting the proximity event, operating a low-power hand-tracking application on the low-power processor based on proximity data from the proximity sensor, and ending an operation of the low-power hand-tracking application in response to at least one of: detecting and recognizing a gesture based on the proximity data, detecting without recognizing the gesture based on the proximity data, or detecting a lack of activity from the proximity sensor within a timeout period based on the proximity data.

20250110611. STYLIZED MAP TILE GENERATION AND SERVING FOR ONLINE PLATFORMS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Daniel Amitay of New York NY US for snap inc., Jonathan Brody of Marina Del Rey CA US for snap inc., Leonid Gorkin of Chappaqua NY US for snap inc., Jeffrey Arthur Johnson of Brooklyn NY US for snap inc., Andrew Lin of Long Island City NY US for snap inc., Walton Lin of Chatham NJ US for snap inc., Nayana Samaranayake of New York NY US for snap inc., Evan Spiegel of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc., Marcel M. Yung of New York NY US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F3/04817, G06F3/0482, G06F3/04842, G06F3/0488, G06F9/54, G06F16/248, G06F16/29, G06F16/487, G06F16/9535, G06F16/9537, G06Q50/00, G06T11/20, G06T11/60, H04L9/40, H04L41/22, H04L41/28, H04L51/52, H04L67/12, H04L67/306, H04L67/50, H04L67/52, H04W4/02, H04W4/029, H04W4/18, H04W4/21, H04W12/02

CPC Code(s): G06F3/04817

Abstract: systems and methods for generating and serving stylized map tiles for a social media platform's map-based graphical user interface. multiple earth imagery tiles corresponding to a geographical area are retrieved, each comprising a photographic image of a corresponding portion of the earth's surface. based on the earth imagery tiles, multiple stylized map tiles are generated. in response to receiving a request from a user device for display of a target area in the map-based gui, a set of stylized map tiles corresponding to the target area is retrieved and transmitted to the user device. the generation of stylized map tiles may include retrieving a target earth imagery tile together with neighboring tiles, generating an expanded earth imagery tile, stylizing the expanded tile, and cropping to produce the final stylized map tile. different neural networks may be used for stylizing tiles at different zoom levels.

20250111000. IMAGE BASED BROWSER NAVIGATION_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Yanjia Li of Torrance CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06F16/954, G06F16/955, G06F18/214, G06F18/24, G06T7/11, G06V10/25

CPC Code(s): G06F16/954

Abstract: a system to navigate a browser based on image data may perform operations that include: receiving a scan request from a client device, the scan request including an image that comprises image data; identifying an object depicted within the image based on the image data; determining a classification of the object; and navigating a browser associated with the client device to a resource based on the classification.

20250111564. GENERALIZING IMAGE STYLIZATION EFFECTS_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Andrey Alejandrovich Gomez Zharkov of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc., Bohdan Yevtushenko of Playa Vista CA US for snap inc., Konstantin Gudkov of Playa Vista CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T11/60, G06F3/04845, G06T3/60, G06T5/50, G06V10/82

CPC Code(s): G06T11/60

Abstract: systems herein describe a stylization system that accesses an input image, generates a paired image dataset using a first neural network, generates a stylized target image based on the input image by applying the stylization effect on an entire portion of the input image using a second neural network trained on the paired image dataset, and causes display of the stylized target image on a graphical user interface of a computing device.

20250111628. GENERATING 3D MODELS WITH TEXTURE_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Songfang Han of Cupertino CA US for snap inc., Sergei Korolev of Marina del Rey CA US for snap inc., Hsin-Ying Lee of San Jose CA US for snap inc., Aleksei Stoliar of Marina del Rey CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): G06T19/20, G06T7/90

CPC Code(s): G06T19/20

Abstract: an artificial intelligence (ai) network or neural network is trained to generate three-dimensional (3d) models or shapes with color from two-dimensional (2d) input images and input text describing the 3d model with color. example methods include converting a first three-dimensional (3d) model from a first representation to a second representation, the second representation including color information for the 3d model and inputting the second representation into an encoder to generate a third representation having a lower dimension than the second representation. the method further includes inputting the third representation into a decoder to generate a fourth representation having a same dimension as the second representation and generating a second 3d model from the fourth representation. the method further includes determining losses between the first 3d model and the second 3d model and updating weights of the encoder and the decoder based on the losses.

20250112477. CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR WEARABLE DEVICE CHARGING AND WIRED CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(snap inc.)

Inventor(s): Yu Jiang Tham of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc., Nicholas Larson of Playa Vista CA US for snap inc., Peter Brook of Marina del Rey CA US for snap inc., Russell Douglas Patton of Playa Vista CA US for snap inc., Miran Alhaideri of Los Angeles CA US for snap inc., Zhihao Hong of Marina Del Rey CA US for snap inc.

IPC Code(s): H02J7/00, G02C1/00, G02C5/14, G02C11/00, H01L27/02, H01R13/62, H02J7/04, H02J7/34, H03K19/0185, H04B3/54, H04B3/56

CPC Code(s): H02J7/0034

Abstract: methods and devices for wired charging and communication with a wearable device are described. in one embodiment, a symmetrical contact interface comprises a first contact pad and a second contact pad, and particular wired circuitry is coupled to the first and second contact pads to enable charging as well as receive and transmit communications via the contact pads as part of various device states.

Snap Inc. patent applications on April 3rd, 2025